i wanted to bring that in two dell reportedly or rumored to wanting to go private. do you think that is a good thing? >> it got into some trouble. i was part of a private equity firm, and we basically went in, i came in as ceo private equity funding and we were unable to completely redo the strategy as a private company so we had the money to take division of the data company. ashley: away from the microscope of wall street. >> dell was going through a lot of restructuring. michael dell making the decision he would be better off doing that. we wish him well. ashley: del at one time was rumored to be interested in commvault. >> a lot of companies interested. too late. ashley: congratulations. thank you for being here. tracy: that is good stuff. weigway to 2 pounds tracy: a quarter until, stocks every 15 minutes, nicole petallides still on the floor looking at some tech names but the dow down 20 points. nicole: down 20 points, still above 13,900. we have come a long way, and we are holding steady at these very high levels. we have talked about tech and research in mot